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Genesis 24:29-60
The Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 24:29-60
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The Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 24:1-67Genesis 24:1-67 · The Pulpit CommentaryThe unfolding of the Divine purpose. I. THE EXPANDED BLESSING. The first line of the web of sacred history stretches itself out to Mesopotamia. The aged patriarch, blessed of Jehovah in all things, is fading from our si…Matthew Henry on Genesis 24:29-53Genesis 24:29-53 · Matthew Henry Concise CommentaryThe making up of the marriage between Isaac and Rebekah is told very particularly. We are to notice God's providence in the common events of human life, and in them to exercise prudence and other graces. Laban went to a…Abraham's Servant Entertained by Laban; Errand of Abraham's Servant. (b. c. 1857.)Genesis 24:29-53 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleABRAHAM'S SERVANT ENTERTAINED BY LABAN; ERRAND OF ABRAHAM'S SERVANT. (B. C. 1857.) We have here the making up of the marriage between Isaac and Rebekah. It is related very largely and particularly, even to the minute ci…The Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 24:29Genesis 24:29 · The Pulpit CommentaryAnd Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban. "White," whose character has been considerably traduced, the Biblical narrative not representing him as "a monster of moral depravity," but rather as actuated by genero…The Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 24:29-60Genesis 24:29-60 · The Pulpit CommentaryA bride for the heir.-3. Eliezer and Laban, or proposals for the bride. I. THE HOSPITABLE BROTHER. 1. The eager invitation. "Come in, thou blessed of the Lord!" 2. The kindly reception. II. THE AGED WOOER. 1. Impatient.…
commentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 24:1-67The unfolding of the Divine purpose. I. THE EXPANDED BLESSING. The first line of the web of sacred history stretches itself out to Mesopotamia. The aged patriarch, blessed of Jehovah in all things, is fading from our si…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryMatthew Henry on Genesis 24:29-53The making up of the marriage between Isaac and Rebekah is told very particularly. We are to notice God's providence in the common events of human life, and in them to exercise prudence and other graces. Laban went to a…Matthew HenrycommentaryAbraham's Servant Entertained by Laban; Errand of Abraham's Servant. (b. c. 1857.)ABRAHAM'S SERVANT ENTERTAINED BY LABAN; ERRAND OF ABRAHAM'S SERVANT. (B. C. 1857.) We have here the making up of the marriage between Isaac and Rebekah. It is related very largely and particularly, even to the minute ci…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 24:29-60A bride for the heir.-3. Eliezer and Laban, or proposals for the bride. I. THE HOSPITABLE BROTHER. 1. The eager invitation. "Come in, thou blessed of the Lord!" 2. The kindly reception. II. THE AGED WOOER. 1. Impatient.…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 24:29And Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban. "White," whose character has been considerably traduced, the Biblical narrative not representing him as "a monster of moral depravity," but rather as actuated by genero…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 24:30And it cams to pass, when he saw the earring and bracelets upon his sister's hands (vide Genesis 24:22), and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, Thus spake the man unto me; that he came unto the man (…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 24:30Laban's eye of greed. "And when he saw the bracelets," &c. One thing moved Laban to offer hospitality to a stranger—the vision of gold on his sister's form. I. COVETOUSNESS MAKES A MAN CALCULATING WHEN APPEARING TO BE G…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 24:31And he said, Come in, thou blessed of the Lord. בְּרוּךְ יהֹוָה (cf. Genesis 26:29; Numbers 24:9); the usual form being לַיַהוָֹה (vide Genesis 14:19; Ruth 2:20; 1 Samuel 15:13). Though Laban was an idolater (Genesis 31…Joseph S. Exell and contributors